The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1887-03-18
SOUTHERN eLEANINGs.


phalt mines are located near Decatur,
Ala, and have formed a company TO work
the mines.
A number of Eastern and Western capi-
talists have recently formed a companyto
build thirty or forty cotton-see1 oil mills
in the South. The capital stock is $5,OJO,'
OO0
Nashville, Tenn, has new gas light
company representing 10000 900 capital.
Chattanooga, Tenn, has a new National
bank with a paid up capital of S50o,O0o.
The discovery of minerals in the vicinity
of Natchez, Miss, has caused real estate
In that locality to take a decided upward
turn.
Oil and natural gas indications have
been discovered nine miles from Decatur
Ala.
A forty-one-year-old colored woman il
Greene County, Ga, is the mother of four.
teen children.
Burrel Clakely was arrested at HOus-
ton, Tex, few days ago, for a murder
committed 1876
The famous Cardiff giant, once so popu-
lar, is now slowed away in an old box at
Ell PasO, Tex.
A Nashville CTenn.) young man since
December 1, 1885, has cleared over 500, 900
in real estate speculations in that city.
Arbor Day was celebrated at Mont
gomery, Ala, for the first time in the his
tory of the city.
A North Carolina woman the other day
got angry at her husband, threw a poker
at him as he sat in a chair with their baby
in his arms, and it hit the little one on the
head, killing it instantly.
In an orange grove near Apopka, Fla,
few days ago was found pipe of beaten
gold and evidently of ancient workman
ship
A Georgia hen distinguis he'd herself the
other day by laying two eggs at one time.
A Georgia Catholic bishop has issued an
order for bidding priests from performing
the maria ge ceremony after dark.
A Florida CORES pOndent says bathing
parties are fashionable on the Indian
river.
Most of the palm branches now used in
Northern Catholic churches on Palm Sun
day come from palmc ito trees on the Sea
islands of South Carolina
The bay mare Lady Wilkes was recent
ly sold at Lexington, KY, for $500.
Alfred Smith fell from the railroad
bridge at Rogersville, Tenn, few days
since, to the ground, a distance of sixty
feet, only receiving a few. slight bruises.
He was drunk.
The Eclipse -four mills of Potts, Proctor
& Co, at Danville, KY, caught fire few
nights GO and were burned to the ground,
together with an elevator adjoining. Total
loss, 100000; insurance, Sl8,OO0
A vagrant lying in jail at Augusta.
KY, was sold few days ago to the high
est bidder for seventy-five days. He was
knocked down for one dollar to the jaIler,
who turned him loose.
The Federal Court at Nashville, Tenn,
sustained the Ohio & Mississippi road in
refusing express matter of the Baltimore
& Ohio Company, the contract being ter
minabe on the notice given.
VIM Dean, of Knoxville, Tenn, was
crushed to death a few days ago while
helping to lift large iron safe from a
wagon. The safe toppled on him, crush
ing his body to jelly
In the studio of a Washington artist is
the war-hOrse of ''StOnewalr' Jackson.
The work of having the animal mounted is
paid for by Richmond, Va. The stuffed
figure Of the famous horse is placed in an
attitude of attention, with head and ears
erect
Mrs Sarah Pierce. of Madison County,
N G., died few days ago, aged ninety.
nine years. She was never sick day and
never took dose of medicine until within
few days of her death
The iourneymen house-painters of Mem
phis, Tenn, to the number of one hun
dred, went on a strike a few days ago.
They demanded three dollars day, which
is an advance Of fifty cents over the pre-
vailing wages. Their demands were re-
fused by the boss painters.
General Malone declares himself as un-
alterably opposed to the reputation Of
one cent Of the just Indebtedness of Vir-
ginia, and hopes to see the amount ascer-
tanned by the employment of outside
fnanciers.
George NJ. Williams, convicted burg
lar, was shotavhile endeavoring to escape
from his guards at the gravel pits near
San Antonio, Tex, few days ago, and
| was so badly wounded that it was thought
he could not recover.
Samuel Smith, aged sixteen, of Cat s
| Fork, Lawrence County, KY, followed up
a quarrel with a neighbor named Ham
mond, a few days ago, by shooting the
latter dead and probably fatally wounding
! Mrs. Hammond and her two children, who
| had attacked the murderer. Smith then
| fed to the mountains and had not been
| captured.
short time since Captain B. Milan, of
| Frankfort, KY, made very elegant reel,
| which he sent to Senator Blackburn and
| Representative Brecken1 idge, with the
| request that they would present it to the
President with the compliments of a Ken
| tucky Republican, who loved him for the
| fish that he had caught. The President
| gracefully accepted and acknowledged the
| gift
Colonel P B. Means, an ex-member of
| the North Carolina Legislature and a
prominent politician, entered the Times
| printing-Office at Concord, N c., few
evenings since and cowhided John B.
| herrill, the editor. The difficulty grew
| out of publications made with regard to
| some local matter.
Something over a year ago Shade Scar
| borough, accompanied by five other
negroes, repaired to the house of Madison
| Caesar. also colored, near Clayton, Ala.
| for the purpose of settling previous diff
| ficulty between the parties. About mid
night they awoke Caesar, and on
| his refusing to come out
| they broke open the door and
| shot him down in the presence of his W i<e.
| At the trial the other FIVE men We're sent
to the penitentiary, and Scarborough was
| sentenced to be ham ged. All preparations
had been made for the execution on the
! 11th inst, when respite for thirty days
was received from Governor Seay for
| further consideration of the case.
| Jackson, Miss, IS prohibition city.
Mr.. Paul King. cashier of the Farmers
National Bank of Cynthiana, Ky, COM
/ mitted suicide, a few evenings since, by
| shooting himself with pistol The ball
| entered just behind the right ear and
/ came out on the left side OF the head.
| Death was instantaneous. Mr.. King had
| oeen i'll for four weeks from nervous pros
/ eration. Bank President Peck states that
| the dead mans accounts were perfectly
/ straight.
A company of Mobile (Ala.) capitalists
has been formed to develop the deposits
/ of iron ore in the vicinity Of Enterprise,
Miss, and have secured BY purchase 4,00O
| acres of land north of the town.
| The principal streets OF Birmingham,
/ Ala, are to be paved with Belgian blocks.
The Richland Greek and the Nashville
/ Land Improvement companies have been
! consolidated. The capital stock is $1,000
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